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      <title>Louisiana Vegetable Planting Guide</title>
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      <title>Double forms add diversity to Knock Out roses</title>
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      <title>Lantanas offer summer flowers, attract butterflies</title>
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      <title>It’s not too late to plant azaleas if you hurry</title>
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      <title>Native irises carry Louisiana name worldwide</title>
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      <title>March is time for bedding plants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 03/11/11) Invite a rainbow into your yard this summer – plant a flower garden. Warm-season bedding plants grow and flower best during April through October, and we can begin planting them as early as late March in south Louisiana. Gardeners who planted cool-season bedding plants generally will wait for those plants to begin to fade in late April or May, however, before removing and replacing them with warm-season bedding plants. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Bougainvillea</title>
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      <title>Terrific Turfgrass for Louisiana</title>
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      <title>Meet the ‘Queen of the Garden’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 03/04/11) Beneath the mighty, majestic live oak surrounded by Southern magnolia, azalea and sweet olive stands the camellia – what many in the South may refer to as “The Queen of the Garden.” - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>2003-04 Landscape Performance Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials</title>
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      <title>Earth-Kind roses are low-maintenance options</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 02/25/11) Growing roses in Louisiana is a challenge for landscape professionals and home gardeners alike. A major problem in rose production and landscape performance is disease (blackspot and powdery mildew, primarily) brought on by environmental conditions of our region. Heat and humidity have an adverse affect on many rose varieties we grow in Louisiana. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Leaf Galls of Azaleas and Camellias</title>
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      <title>Horticulture Publication Links</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:31:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DGill@agcenter.lsu.edu (Daniel J. Gill)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Live oak care is important through late winter</title>
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      <title>Follow these tips to improve petunia performance</title>
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      <title>Some Seeds Can Be Saved For Next Year</title>
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      <title>It’s not too late for cool-season Louisiana Super Plants</title>
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      <title>Growing Vegetable Pears</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Power To Implements</title>
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      <title>Old Farm Tractors as Alternatives to Compact Utility Tractors</title>
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      <title>Safe Operation of Riding Mowers and Lawn/Garden Tractors</title>
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      <title>Thrown Objects Safety With Rotary Cutters</title>
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      <title>February Best Time To Prune Fruit Trees</title>
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      <dc:creator>JPyzner@agcenter.lsu.edu (John R. Pyzner)</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Louisiana Home Orchard</title>
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      <title>Slime Mold Crust on Your Turfgrass</title>
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      <title>Floribundas offer lower-maintenance rose option</title>
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      <title>The Color of Coleus</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Not many plants can take Louisiana’s summer sun and heat like coleus. Information on soil conditions and preparations, watering, fertilizing, planting and blooming and recommended varieties is included.  (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Rose Diseases</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:04:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hire Reputable Professionals</title>
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      <title>Renting Lawn and Garden Equipment</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Lawns Fact Sheet:  The Centipede Decline Problem</title>
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      <title>Container-grown Tomatoes</title>
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      <title>Prune shrubs properly</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Home Gardens Are Valuable</title>
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      <title>Turfgrasses – St. Augustinegrass</title>
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      <title>Spreader Setting Recommendations</title>
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      <title>Distribution Patterns from Rotary Spreaders</title>
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      <title>Layering in Soils</title>
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      <title>Rotary Spreaders With Pattern Cut-Off</title>
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      <title>Photo Galleries: Violas</title>
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      <title>Busting Rust – Things You Can Do To Prevent Corrosion</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:11:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Expert Offers Tips For Selecting Pruning Shears</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:27:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Strawberries Nutritious and Healthy</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames says to choose Louisiana strawberries for a nutritious, healthy treat. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Advice For Choosing Compact Utility Tractor Tires</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:34:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Using Vacuum Breakers to Prevent Backflow With Garden Hoses</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Introduction to Drip Irrigation</title>
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      <title>Quick Connectors for Garden Hose</title>
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      <title>Drip Irrigation for Fruits and Ornamentals</title>
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      <title>Oil and Fuel Filters for Small Engines</title>
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      <title>Utility Vehicles</title>
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      <title>Radishes Are Easy To Grow</title>
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      <title>Planting Dormant Sod</title>
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      <title>Cold Damages Turfgrass</title>
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      <title>Compact Tractor Selection, Use and Safety</title>
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      <title>Zero Turning Radius Mowers for Home Lawns</title>
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      <title>Performance of Thirteen Homeowner Tomato Varieties in the Summer of 2007</title>
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      <title>Safety Standards for Commercial-size Riding Mowers</title>
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      <title>String Trimmer Safety And Maintenance</title>
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      <title>Expert Offers Tips On Choosing, Caring For Holiday Tree</title>
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      <title>Root-knot Nematode In The Home Garden</title>
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      <title>Falling Leaves – Pretty, But Dangerous To Waterways</title>
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      <title>Protect Your Hydraulic Cylinders from Rust</title>
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      <title>Jefferson, Orleans Soil Contamination May Not Be As Serious As Feared</title>
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      <title>How To Use This Book</title>
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      <title>Manage Yard Pests</title>
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      <title>Section1 Preparation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The focus of this program is to encourage homeowners to create and maintain landscapes in ways that minimize environmental damage. This will include looking at water quality and conservation, reducing stormwater runoff and decreasing nonpoint source pollution of surface water, enhancing desirable wildlife habitats and creating functional, attractive landscapes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Protect Surface Waters and Wetlands</title>
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      <title>Collecting Lawn and Garden Tractors - A Growing Hobby</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Collecting antique garden tractors is a rapidly growing hobby, requiring less room and less expense than collecting antique farm tractors. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DParish@agcenter.lsu.edu (Richard L. Parish)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Centipedegrass Turf</title>
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      <title>Recommendations for Optimal Use of a Garden Seeder</title>
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      <title>Bug Biz:  Twospotted Spider Mites in Strawberries</title>
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      <title>LaHouse Sustainable Vegetable Gardens</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Visit LaHouse Home and Landscape Resource Center to see our vegetable gardens. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Best Management Practices - Climate Considerations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Best Management Practices regarding climatical considerations in the home landscape. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>AOwings@agcenter.lsu.edu (Allen D. Owings)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Get Handle On Maintenance</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DGill@agcenter.lsu.edu (Daniel J. Gill)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Irrigation Systems</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Micro-irrigation systems deliver small volumes of water directly to the root zone throughlow-flow-rate emitters, such as micro-spray jets, bubblers or drip tubes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Efficiency Factors</title>
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      <title>Watering Tips</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:49:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Simple Facts About Mulch</title>
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      <title>Recycle Yard Waste</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Right Plant, Right Place</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:01:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to home landscaping, many gardeners remain confused about how to create whatthey want. Efforts at landscaping can be disappointing despite spending a substantial amount of money. The important thing to remember is that developing an attractive, properly functioning landscape is best done using a process. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Chainsaw Selection</title>
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      <title>Safe Use of Lawnmowers</title>
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      <title>LYN-Section 1</title>
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      <title>Daylily Rust Problem Continues</title>
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      <title>Rescue Your Lawnmower or Other Small Engine After a Flood</title>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Faculty Checking New Orleans Soil, Plants</title>
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      <title>Herbs for the Garden</title>
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      <title>Tropical Sod Webworms are Wreaking Havoc on Louisiana Lawns</title>
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      <title>Start Fall Garden in August, Says Horticulturist</title>
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      <title>Gardening In Shade Can Be Enjoyable</title>
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      <dc:creator>DGill@agcenter.lsu.edu (Daniel J. Gill)</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Equipment Manufacturers Do To Reduce Rust</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:24:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Busting Rust -- 10 Things You Can Do To Prevent Farm Machinery from Corroding</title>
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      <title>Adjusting Finishing Mowers</title>
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      <title>Adjusting Mid-Mount Tractor Mowers</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mid-mount mowers for lawn, garden, and compact tractors typically have (two or) three blades and are designed for quality mowing of turfgrass. They are not designed to cut tall, weedy grass. They have multiple gage wheels and rollers that allow a relatively low cutting height with minimal scalping. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Adjusting Rotary Cutters</title>
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      <title>Leaf Blowers – Good or Bad?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Newest Cultivars of  Vegetable Crops</title>
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      <title>Best Buy on Grass Seed</title>
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      <title>Best Management Practices - Perennial Flowers</title>
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      <title>PTO Generators for Tractors</title>
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      <title>Avoid Right-angle Patterns with Rotary Spreaders</title>
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      <title>For More Information on Lawn Spreaders</title>
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      <title>Shift Up and Throttle Down to Save Fuel</title>
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      <title>Digging Post Holes</title>
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      <title>Basic Nest Biology and Structure of Argentine Ants</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Transmissions</title>
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      <title>Lawnmower Safety Standards</title>
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      <title>Lower that bucket or implement!</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Lawns Fact Sheet:  Turfgrass for Louisiana Lawns</title>
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      <title>Implements for Compact Tractors: Selection, Use, Maintenance and Safety</title>
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      <title>Selecting and Using Lawn and Garden Tractors</title>
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      <title>Landscape Bed Preparation for Ornamental Plants</title>
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      <title>Bermudagrass Can Be Blessing Or Curse</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Fig Rust</title>
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      <title>Southern Peas Thrive In Summer Gardens</title>
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      <title>Vegetable Gardening Show</title>
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      <title>Giant Butterbeans</title>
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      <title>Garden Cucumbers</title>
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      <title>Dogwoods</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Raking Pine Straw</title>
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      <title>Lawn Care Slowing Down, But Don’t Forget Proper Care For Grass During Fall</title>
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      <title>Safety With Electric Tools</title>
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      <title>Garden Seeders</title>
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      <title>An Easy Way to Care For Your Garden Tools</title>
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      <title>‘Or you can call me Yam. . .’</title>
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      <title>Formosan Termites Found Near Alexandria</title>
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      <title>Fruit Thinning Adds Quality</title>
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      <title>Dirt Scoop for Compact Tractors</title>
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      <title>Tomato test results for 2009</title>
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      <title>Air Filters for Small Engines</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Carpetgrass for Lawns</title>
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      <title>What Is Your Spark Plug Trying to Tell You?</title>
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      <title>Common Weeds of Louisiana Lawns and Landscapes</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:25:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Picking Up Lawn Waste</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tune up Landscape Irrigation</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Selecting Pruning Shears</title>
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      <title>Safe Handling of Gasoline</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:19:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Crape Myrtles - Add beauty to any landscape</title>
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      <title>Micro-Irrigation for Home Landscape Plantings</title>
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      <title>Lantana Lace Bugs</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Engines</title>
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      <title>Use of Stump Grinders</title>
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      <title>Be a ‘Best Manager’ for Your Lawn and Landscape</title>
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      <title>Mounting a Hydraulic Cylinder to Replace the Upper Link on a Tractor 3-point Hitch</title>
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      <title>Understand Fertilizer Numbers</title>
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      <title>Cost-Effective Methods for Cultural Control of Argentine Ants</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[This poster discusses background of Argentine Ants, baits that are cheap and effective for indoor use, and outdoor ant control. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus</title>
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      <title>Prune Blackberries in Summer for Best Results</title>
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      <title>An Easy Herbicide Sprayer for Turf</title>
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      <title>Lift Boom for Tractor 3-pt Hitch</title>
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      <title>Overturn Protection for Compact Utility Tractors</title>
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      <title>Hurricane Information Series: Can These Trees Be Saved?</title>
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      <title>Make Sure Your Tools ‘Fit’ You, Advises Engineer</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DParish@agcenter.lsu.edu (Richard L. Parish)</dc:creator>
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      <title>A Simple Hand Spreader for Gardens</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A simple hand spreader is often the best tool for applying granular fertilizer or pesticides. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Fall Is for Football... and Brown Patch!</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:57:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DFerrin@agcenter.lsu.edu (Donald M. Ferrin)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Zero Turning Radius Mowers:  Selection, Use, Maintenance &amp; Safety</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rate Variation in “Identical” Spreaders</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:56:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The spreader settings typically found on bags of fertilizer and granular pesticides are usually based on tests performed on one sample of each spreader model listed. This procedure assumes that all spreaders of that model are identical and will thus require the same spreader settings. Unfortunately, that is not often the case – at least with homeowner spreaders. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hurricane Information Series: Protect Landscapes &amp; Property</title>
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      <title>Are You Inviting Termites into Your Home?</title>
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      <dc:creator>MVoitier@agcenter.lsu.edu (Matthew Voitier)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Saving Garden Seed for Next Year</title>
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      <dc:creator>TKoske@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas J. Koske)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Expert Details Tree Care Before, After a Hurricane</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Elongate Twig Ant</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Crazy Ants</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adequate Balance Essential for Plant Nutrition</title>
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      <title>Blackberry Varieties for Louisiana</title>
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      <title>Poll Takes Pulse of Home Lawn Care</title>
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      <title>2004 All-America Rose Selections Winners</title>
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      <title>Horticulturist Recommends Aztec Perennial Verbenas For Landscape</title>
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      <title>What Type of Digging Tool is Best for You?</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Where To Buy</title>
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      <title>Selecting a Walk-behind Professional Rotary Spreader</title>
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      <title>Fertilizer Spreaders - Metal or Plastic</title>
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      <title>Sensitivity of Spreaders to Operating Speed</title>
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      <title>Pendulum-action Spreaders</title>
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      <title>Moles in the Lawn and Landscape</title>
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      <title>All-American Daylilies: Performance and the Rust Threat</title>
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      <title>Selection and Care of Pecan Varieties for Louisiana Yards</title>
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      <title>Gypsum to soften hard soil?   Probably not…</title>
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      <title>Suspension Systems for Mower Decks on Lawn and Garden Tractors</title>
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      <title>More Ways To Get A Handle On Garden Tools</title>
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      <title>Openers, Coverers and Presswheels for Precision Vegetable Seeders</title>
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      <title>Adjusting Finishing  Mowers</title>
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      <title>Lawn &amp; Garden Equipment Engines With Reduced Emissions</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Quality Versus Price</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Early Blight of Tomatoes</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:04:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Effects of Width and Speed on Mower Productivity</title>
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      <title>New Features on Zero-Turning-Radius Mowers</title>
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      <title>Mid-mount and Front-mount Decks on Zero-Turning-Radius Mowers</title>
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      <title>Fire Safety Issue with Professional Turf Mowers</title>
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      <title>Results are only as good as sample</title>
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      <title>Managing Nematodes in the Garden</title>
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      <title>Caring for Wooden Tool Handles</title>
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      <title>Engineer Says Transmission One Factor To Consider When Choosing Lawn/Garden Tractor</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:34:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Proper Tree Planting</title>
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      <title>Deciding Which Plants To Keep</title>
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      <title>Hire an Arborist for Residential Tree Care</title>
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      <title>2-Stroke and 4-Stroke Engines</title>
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      <title>Garlic in the Garden</title>
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      <title>Start Fall Vegetable Garden Now, Says LSU AgCenter Horticulturist</title>
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      <title>Observe Your Fall Lawn To Take Preventive Action</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Many Snap Beans Varieties Available For Spring Gardens</title>
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      <title>Take Action To Avoid Lawn Problems Associated With Drought</title>
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      <title>Harvesting Your Garden Produce</title>
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      <title>Organic Mulch Good For Summer Vegetable Gardens</title>
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      <title>Chard or Swiss Chard</title>
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      <title>Lawn Mower Blades</title>
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      <title>Complete Composting Information</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Bacterial Leaf Scorch of Landscape Trees</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Fire Blight</title>
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      <title>Expected Vegetable Garden Yields</title>
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      <title>Reduce urban stormwater</title>
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      <title>Tips Offered For Managing Shaded Lawns</title>
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      <title>Dealing With Salinity</title>
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      <title>Sweet Corn Tests of Enhanced and SuperSweets</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Use Sod For Quick Repair Of Damaged Lawns</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 14:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Essential Steps When Starting A Southern Lawn</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scalding-out of Vegetable Gardens</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 20:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nitrogen in Lawn Fertilizers</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 20:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Nitrogen is the chief nutrient and controller of plant growth in average soils. It is provided in several commercial fertilizer forms. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Weed and Feed Damage</title>
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      <title>Organic Vegetable Gardening</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Zoysiagrass</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 18:07:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Site Preparation Important For Productive Spring Garden</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spring Critical In Establishing Lawn Care Routine</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:52:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung, and the grass is now growing. But, says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske, there is usually no good reason to push early growth with lots of fertilizer. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Okra in the Garden</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Okra is a warm-season crop that grows well in Louisiana gardens. A good start is important for successful okra production. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>TKoske@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas J. Koske)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Harvesting and Curing Hard-shell Gourds</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 17:52:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>TKoske@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas J. Koske)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Winterizing Your Southern Lawn</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 18:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>TKoske@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas J. Koske)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  St. Augustine Decline</title>
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      <title>Choose crape myrtles that ‘fit’ home landscape</title>
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      <title>Mushrooms, Moldy Foods Dangerous For Dogs</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mushrooms in lawns and moldy foods can be health hazards for your dogs, according to LSU AgCenter veterinarian Dr. Steve Nicholson. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Drought-dormant Lawns</title>
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      <title>Vegetable Exhibits at Ag Fairs</title>
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      <title>Ounces Equal Gallons: Sprayer Calibration</title>
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      <title>Centipede grass ideal for sustainable landscapes</title>
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      <title>‘Itchy Green-thumb’ Syndrome Evident Around State</title>
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      <title>Horticulturist Recommends Semi-dwarf Crape Myrtles In The Landscape</title>
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      <title>Replanting Storm-ravaged Landscapes Begins</title>
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      <title>Thin Areas in Summer Lawns</title>
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      <title>Irrigation Scheduing Made Easy:  Using the "Look and Feel" Method</title>
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      <title>Prepare for ‘Gustav spots’ in lawns</title>
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      <title>Disease Management in Home Vegetable Gardens</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Plant Pathology:  Foliar Diseases of Watermelon</title>
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      <title>Mayhaw Growers Innovate, Expand Industry</title>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Transmissions</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:06:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Suspension Systems for Mower Decks on Lawn and Garden Tractors</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:43:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mid-mount rotary mower decks are common on lawn tractors, garden tractors, subcompact tractors and smaller compact utility tractors. There are two ways that these decks can be mounted, and the mounting method affects adjustment and operation. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Safety Standards for Riding Mowers and Small Tractors</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Simple Hand Spreader for Gardens</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A simple hand spreader is often the best tool for applying granular fertilizer or pesticides. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Power To Implements</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Safe Operation of Riding Mowers and Lawn/Garden Tractors</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Cost and Life</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:53:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Two questions of interest to prospective purchasers are: How much do riding mowers and small tractors in the various classes cost and how long can I expect one to last? - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>What Equipment Manufacturers Do To Reduce Rust</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:24:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Farm and grounds maintenance equipment is often exposed to rain, high humidity, fertilizer, pesticides and corrosive plant materials (such as grass clippings). The manufacturers of that equipment have taken steps to try to protect the equipment and reduce the potential for corrosion. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Adjusting Finishing Mowers</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adjusting Mid-Mount Tractor Mowers</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mid-mount mowers for lawn, garden, and compact tractors typically have (two or) three blades and are designed for quality mowing of turfgrass. They are not designed to cut tall, weedy grass. They have multiple gage wheels and rollers that allow a relatively low cutting height with minimal scalping. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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